Swine flu alert

[Hunde Des Krieg]

actually, people in NY have also gotten it, it's popping up all over the country, but so far, no-ones died yet from it in the USA

That's because those kids in NY were in Mexico though, weren't they?

 

[The Great JT]

There were about 20 reported cases in the U.S. Now I don't tend to know a lot about Swine Flu, but how does only twenty reported cases constitute as an outbreak? If it was 200, yes, I would be willing to say "outbreak", but 20 barely counts as a couple of cases. What, if it's 25 it's an epidemic?

 

[dalek sec]

Nothing's going to happen, the media is just using it's fucking scare tactics to make people tune in.

 

[Fulax]

Two people in Scotland are in hospital with minor flu symptoms. We're all going to die!

 

[Lord_Ascendant]

pfft. its like the asian bird flu thing. too much hype.

 

[Cortheya]

anyone care to tell me the symptons? I'm sick and I live in south US

 

[Kirra]

Swine flu sound funny. Well i'm quite safe in Estonia, from the flu at least. It's much more likely that Russia will invade or something.

 

[Berethond]

anyone care to tell me the symptons? I'm sick and I live in south US

Normal flu symptons, except you don't get better.

 

[Wicky_42]

*dances in the UK*

try and reach me over the ocean! bwahahahahahah!

im a hypocondriac too
in all seriousness i hope its just a panic and nothing more, good luck over there

Points at international airlines...

This, heh. There is a danger of this turning nasty, but we have to wait and see how the disease fights modern medicine. Here's New Scientist's info for your education: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17026-swine-flu-what-you-need-to-know.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

 

[Cortheya]

anyone care to tell me the symptons? I'm sick and I live in south US

Normal flu symptons, except you don't get better.

aah well ive had a cold for a few days so i think im fine then

 

[sky14kemea]

*dances in the UK*

try and reach me over the ocean! bwahahahahahah!

im a hypocondriac too
in all seriousness i hope its just a panic and nothing more, good luck over there

Points at international airlines...

yeah i know..

actually after watching some news reports, i feel pretty bad about laughing, it was fake laughter, but laughter non the less

 

[AceDefective]

*dances in the UK*

try and reach me over the ocean! bwahahahahahah!

im a hypocondriac too
in all seriousness i hope its just a panic and nothing more, good luck over there

Points at international airlines...

yeah i know..

actually after watching some news reports, i feel pretty bad about laughing, it was fake laughter, but laughter non the less

Oh yea imagine sitting down to eat dinner (hot dogs and potato salad yumm )
then a news report comes on saying something about a swine flu, i thought it came from eating pork products
I almost S*** bricks!
its like eatinf taco bell while being told it has ecoli

 

[Knight Templar]

Well if the news can be belived then its allready in New Zealand.

If that's true then it won't be long untill it's in Australia, which is bad for me since I live there, I mean here.

 

[Joselyn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8018356.stm

A new flu virus suspected of killing at least 60 people in Mexico has the potential to become a pandemic, the World Health Organization's chief says.

Margaret Chan said the outbreak was a "serious situation" which needed to be followed closely.

Health experts say tests so far seem to link the illnesses in Mexico with a swine flu virus in the southern US.

A top US health official said the strain of swine flu had spread widely and could not be contained.

Ms Chan cut short a visit to the US and returned to Geneva where the WHO's emergency committee met.

It is time for all hypocondriacs like myself to unite, and spend a few weeks hiding in our bedrooms with pillow-cases over our heads while detergent is continually sprayed over our food. Anyone else heard anything about this flu out-break?

I've heard about it, but I didn't realise it was fatal to humans....perhaps the end is nigh?

 

[Daniel Cygnus]

It doesn't sound THAT bad. Come on, only 20 confirmed cases in the US and it gets pandemic status? Sounds overblown, if you ask me.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Enjoy your BLTs.

Enjoy your hangover.

On topic, no surprise here. Modern medicine is forcing an evolution among pathogens.

 

[mrhockey220]

The only reason the media is freaking out about it is because of the deaths in Mexico when in the U.S. the first cases that were found were treated. The reason people died in Mexico is because nobody can afford to go to the hospital. And for you hypocondriacs, the virus will probly just mutate into a harmless form just like spainish influenza did.